#festinaLente

2025-06-30
“The Regular Customer” is a bronze statue in front of Café “Festina Lente” on Looiersgracht, in “De Jordaan”. It shows a man sitting on a bench, gently petting the café cat. The artwork was made in 1997 by Albert Zweep, inspired by the quiet and cozy mood found in the stories of Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt.

The statue was made to pay off a bar tab of 2,400 guilders. At first, it was made of polyester, but after it got damaged a few times, Heineken helped fund a bronze version.

#jordaan #photo #mokum #carmiggelt #looijersgracht #festinalente #sculpture #bronze #cityphotography #photography #streetart #urbanart #customer #heineken #art #publicart #albertzweep #artist #amsterdam #artwork #cafe #katze #cat #elgato #poes #regularcustomer #bench
Ahti Taivastähtivapaakassa
2024-03-26

Meidän vuoron kunnossapitovastaavan kaapissa lukee viisas lausahdus: "Festīnā lentē". Lauseen opetuksella kiireessäkin voi ottaa rennosti ja nauttia hitauden taidosta.

Sandrine Breuildarsinne@mamot.fr
2023-12-12

#Stage #opportunité
Projet de longue haleine #BVH #BibFr cherche sa·son stagiaire pour 4 mois d'émotions intenses en compagnie du Sieur de La Croix Du Maine au #CESR à #Tours #FestinaLente
> Candidatures jusqu'au 31/01/2024

« Telles gens sont les crocheteurs des hommes doctes, qui nous amassent tout ; Cela nous sert beaucoup, il faut qu'il y ait de telles gens. » #LCDM #Renaissance #bibliographie #bibliotheques #PatrimoineEcrit #TEI #DH

> tous les détails par ici > bvh.hypotheses.org/10517

Craig Constantinecraig@constantine.name
2023-10-08

Festina lente

Festina lenta is a phrase I once used as my touchstone for a year. It means, to make haste s l o w l y. It’s inherently ridiculous, but also points to the very old and very excellent point about taking one’s time. It’s an antidote to the venoms busy and hurry. “These days” things are not simply faster, they are glossed over. The super-power I need to cultivate more is discrimination: What experiences are valuable? What pursuits are valuable? There’s [almost] always a faster way… but which is the better way?

In that spirit, consider the two paradigms that follow, not as you would two spirited debaters but rather two paintings hanging at opposite ends of a gallery. You are in the middle, bathed in natural light, forced by history to judge their color and attraction.

~ Mark Helprin from, http://ayjay.org/helprin.html

slip:4uayhe1.

“You are a director of a firm that supplies algorithms…” Egads, no.

“In the two days it has taken to reach your destination…” You have my attention.

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#7ForSunday #CalmTechnology #FestinaLente #MarkHelprin #YearlyTouchPhrases

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